Posted: August 16th, 2008

The City Project has submitted public comments to the Regional Planning Commission to keep the Baldwin Hills green and clean for all for generations to come.

The City Project is proud to work with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance, the National Latino Congreso, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and a diverse and growing coalition to engage, educate, and empower the community. We seek to protect human health, homes, and the environment and restore the area to parkland by regulating the existing oil field. This is the next best thing to prohibiting oil drilling in this diverse and densely-populated urban community. We put people and parks before oil profits.
The City Project is committed to making the dream come true for the Baldwin Hills Park. The two-square mile Park would be the nation’s largest urban park in over 100 years. The Park will provide the remarkably diverse and park-poor region with much needed green space for recreation, conservation, education, and economic vitality. The Baldwin Hills Park is the greatest public works project in the history of a community that has long suffered from environmental degradation and discrimination.

Easily accessible to millions of people, with stunning views of the Los Angeles basin, the Pacific Ocean and surrounding mountains, the Baldwin Hills offer a unique opportunity within a dense and diverse urban community that is park poor to create a world-class park and natural space for all the people of California to enjoy.

See generally www.greaterbaldwinhillsalliance.org and www.baldwinhillsoil.org.